Should you fear bird flu reaching you and your family? New podcast from Tanya Lewis and I & Scientific American tells you why to chill-- for now. scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

Good points about the press, 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 . Though on some of these issues, like mask use, there were many studies supporting use, and the science at the time did not seem equivocal, nor does it seem equivocal now. Does it?

And the story says the tech pushes language "beyond the inconceivable." I think that phrase has already done it. 🙂

1954, about 450 feet from home plate with his back turned, Willie Mays hauls in a line drive and saves World Series Game 1. Say Hey to the hero who passed today, age 93.

Weight loss drugs. After laughing at them w/ South Park's The End of Obesity, youtu.be/qRJogSKK-3U?fe…, ("Rich people get Ozempic. Poor people get body positivity."), read the truth about how they work in your brain in Scientific American: scientificamerican.com/issue/sa/2024/…

The side of planet Earth we aren't used to seeing.

Another black Lego dragon has escaped its watery lair, 27 years after it plummeted into the ocean. It was discovered on Thursday by Hayley Hardstaff, who found it among shells at Portwrinkle beach in Cornwall. There were 33,941 Lego dragons inside the shipping container that fell

Is it possible to be fat and healthy? A puzzling group of people, who seem disease-free for a short time, are causing scientists to debate this question. Read scientificamerican.com/article/people… by Christie Aschwanden, an eye-opening and surprising story about obesity, stigma, and medicine.

I'm sorry to interrupt your Sunday morning with politics. But the The Philadelphia Inquirer just got the post-debate whining back on track. With strong evidence, they called for the clearly incompetent, dangerous, and anti-American candidate to withdraw: Trump. inquirer.com/opinion/editor…

Science Quickly (SciAm), 3/14/24: "Large Study of ME/CFS Patients Reveal Measurable Physical Changes" (12 min episode w/Avindra Nath of NINDS & #pwME Brian Vastag - not sure I caught when it came out in March) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sci…

The Kate Douglass who won gold in #Olympic swimming yesterday is the same Kate Douglass who just wrote how math makes swimmers faster in SciAm a few weeks ago. scientificamerican.com/article/traini…

For no particular reason that I can tell, today is National Oyster Day. But what the heck, celebrate the water-cleaning shellfish. Donate to a reef. Eat a few. oysterrecovery.org/get-involved/n…

There's been a variety of positive signals about metformin for years.

If Trump gave Putin COVID tests in early 2020, did that rob tests from you? No. News reports on Bob Woodward's new book say the tests in mid 2020 were Abbott nucleic acid tests, not for home use. The 1st home tests were in Nov. Trump lied on COVID. But this wasn't part of it.

You can tell from the news stories, which all use the tests in the headline but have few details. Instead they pivot quickly to Woodward's stories about Trump-Putin phone calls--more important than tests, i think--and tales of Biden.

🥹🥹🥹 #goals

There's a myth that long COVID doesn't affect kids. Bc they didn't get severe disease. But newest research says 6m kids may have long COVID-physical & mental problems. This--not lockdowns--can account for poor school performance. Read how we can fix this. scientificamerican.com/article/long-c…

Scientific American is hiring a senior tech reporter! Great job. Great colleagues who care about you and your work. DM me if you have questions, and here is the official job ad. springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNature…